Very soon, a group of people charged upstairs and dragged the female waitress down. By now, her mouth was covered with black duct tape, and she couldn't make a single sound. Even so, she still had a

deadly look in her eyes.

Still feeling frantic, Jeremy Quest hurriedly ran downstairs and over to Xyla Quest.

Jeremy placed his trembling hands on Xyla's shoulder. "Xyla... How... How are you? Are you alright?" He stammered.

"I'm fine, Dad. Don't worry," Xyla said and shook her head.

After carefully examining Xyla's body, Jeremy pulled her into his arms. "Thank goodness you're alright... Thank goodness you're alright..."

Xyla allowed Jeremy to hug her. Slowly, her heart rate became stable.

After hugging Xyla for a long while, Jeremy finally let go of her carefully. He then turned to look at Christopher. "Thank you for saving my daughter," Jeremy said.

"You're welcome," Christopher replied with a smile.

After that, Christopher suddenly stopped smiling and turned to look at the auction host. "Tell your manager that we'll make the payment later..."

host immediately

man was exactly, she'd seen enough to know that this man wasn't one she could afford offending. He must have been someone with a powerful background. Christopher then waved at his

group of people immediately

Xyla. "Are

Xyla nodded.

with me..." Christopher said before

followed him along with the other

the group of people to a poorly lit underground parking

the center of the parking lot, Christopher stopped walking and lifted his hand at the people

he wanted them to

everyone in the

leaned on one of the pillars nearby. With

closed

all now in

the ambiance

struggled to set herself free, but it didn't work at all. One of Christopher's men immediately tore the duct

started shouting at

and played with it. "Go on, keep shouting. Let's see who'd dare to rescue someone off my hands," he said. Although Christopher didn't speak very loudly, his

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